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PROSTATE CANCER IBD as a risk factor for prostate cancer: what is the link?

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NATURE REVIEWS UROLOGY
Volume 16, Issue 5, Pages 271-272

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NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/s41585-019-0157-7

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  1. Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF)
  2. Department of Defense Prostate Cancer Research Program (PCRP)

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Chronic inflammation in the prostate is a suspected risk factor for prostate cancer. Burns and colleagues implicate chronic inflammation in prostate cancer development, albeit from an unexpected source - the gastrointestinal tract. This new study implicates a history of inflammatory bowel disease with an increased risk of a prostate cancer diagnosis.

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